Question follow-through · 2084

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on steps to tackle knife crime.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 29 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 2 Sept 2024 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on steps to tackle knife crime.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Home Secretary has already met the Mayor of London to discuss knife crime and other related issues, and will maintain regular discussions with the Mayor and other key stakeholders throughout the country to tackle this awful crime..

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